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Definition of denouement : 1. The solution of a mystery; issue; outcome.
2. The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a romance.

Synonyms:

conclusion, withdrawal, closure, resolution, expiry, misfortune, calamity, result, mishap, cataclysm, close, disaster, sequel, catastrophe, ending, finish, passing, mischance, completion, end, climax

Usage examples:

• Goethe, in his own Memoir, enters into large details upon this subject; and from him we shall borrow the denouement of the tale. - "Biographical Essays", Thomas de Quincey.
• The public demanded a cumulative interest that worked up to some kind of thrilling denouement that they called a climax, whereas his tale was but a stretch of life, and of very ordinary life. - "A Prisoner in Fairyland", Algernon Blackwood.
• It decided the matter, and Luji never halted until he gained the edge of the mahunoo grove, and, rifle in hand, climbed up a tree, where he sat patiently waiting the denouement. - "The Ruined Cities of Zululand", Hugh Mulleneux Walmsley.